Surgery should be reserved for patients with a ruptured abscess, with bacterial superinfection, or when an abscess cannot be accessed by the percutaneous route.

Intraperitoneal rupture of pyogenic liver abscess is a rare but potentially fatal disease, often involving the elderly, who are commonly of poor surgical risk with background of significant ...

Ruptured ovarian cysts happen when these fluid-filled sacs in the ovaries break. The ovarian cyst wall opens up, which exposes the fluid in the cyst to your abdominal cavity. Physical activity or ...

Percutaneous drainage is a minimally invasive procedure used to treat abdominal and pelvic abscesses, which are collections of pus that can occur due to infections or other medical conditions.

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